Black History Names

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Aretha

The name Aretha is a girl's name of Greek origin, meaning "virtuous".

Barack

The name Barack is a boy's name of Arabic, Hebrew, Swahili origin, meaning "thunderbolt, lightning; or blessing".

Truth

The name Truth is both a boy's name and a girl's name.

Thurgood

The name Thurgood is a boy's name.

Sojourner

The name Sojourner is a girl's name of French, American origin, meaning "to stay a while".

Macon

The name Macon is both a boy's name and a girl's name.

Josephine

The name Josephine is a girl's name of French origin, meaning "Jehovah increases".

Toni

The name Toni is both a boy's name and a girl's name meaning "from Antium".

Martin

The name Martin is a boy's name of Latin origin, meaning "warlike".

Kobe

The name Kobe is both a boy's name and a girl's name of Swahili origin, meaning "tortoise".

Wells

The name Wells is a boy's name meaning "spring".

Althea

The name Althea is a girl's name of Greek origin, meaning "with healing power".

Kamala

The name Kamala is a girl's name of Hindi origin, meaning "lotus or pale red; or, a garden".

Gwendolyn

The name Gwendolyn is a girl's name of Welsh origin, meaning "white ring".

Bessie

The name Bessie is a girl's name of Hebrew origin, meaning "pledged to God".

Ebenezer

The name Ebenezer is a boy's name of Hebrew origin, meaning "stone of help".

Alexia

The name Alexia is a girl's name meaning "defending men".

Langston

The name Langston is a boy's name of English origin, meaning "tall man's town".

Condoleezza

The name Condoleezza is a girl's name.

Hiram

The name Hiram is a boy's name of Hebrew origin, meaning "brother of the exalted one".

Cora

The name Cora is a girl's name of Greek origin, meaning "maiden".

Charlotta

The name Charlotta is a girl's name of Swedish origin.

Jacob

The name Jacob is a boy's name of Hebrew origin, meaning "supplanter".

West

The name West is both a boy's name and a girl's name.

Mordecai

The name Mordecai is a boy's name of Hebrew origin, meaning "follower of Marduk".

Jesse

The name Jesse is both a boy's name and a girl's name of Hebrew origin, meaning "gift".

Holiday

The name Holiday is a girl's name meaning "holy day".

Sidney

The name Sidney is both a boy's name and a girl's name of French, English origin, meaning "Saint Denis".

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